Chapter 3
New plan
Snake mountain*
Evil-lyn had been working tirelessly to open these magically sealed doors now common place in the snake mountain, there were many new rooms, halls, dungeons and pathways in the snake mountain with bizarre magical anomalies all around the place, some of them had been treasure trove of information, technology and knowledge of the ancient magic of snake men but to her distaste whatever little they had discovered till now had been monopolized by none other than Skeletor.
She has been silently waiting for an opportunity to get something big out of this under Skeletor's nose, it was risky since her betraying him twice, he has gotten weary of her and closely watched her. But she would have her day again sooner or later. Efforts to attack Grayskull or any other place for that matter has been halted for now as all the resources, technology and hangers had been destroyed while Serpos was alive but losing one thing they gain another but if only she could get her hands on something worthwhile without Skeletor knowing maybe she could get out of here. Even if not, Skeletor was wrong maybe She could still go to her father and maybe she still had a home by his side after all he had been the one to send He-Man, she knew it for a fact but it was all just wishful thinking. He wouldn't accept her after all she has done being the all mighty Sorcerer The Faceless One. He wouldn't tolerate her misdeeds easily, More over she wasn't sure she could change her ways after soo long with just a thought. So it was better not to go to that train of thought.
She was growing frustrated, how had things come to this? Everything was different before Keldor degraded to Skeletor. No one knew this but they both had been lovers and supported each other. She still remembered the first time she gifted the stolen orb to Skeletor to join him, she smiled at the memory it felt like it just happened yesterday. But everything changed after Keldor became Skeletor, there was no love anymore only tolerance that's why he tolerated her more than anyone, Even after becoming Skeletor there was intimacy between them but over time he had become violent in that too, that she felt relieved when he stopped being intimate with her altogether. Everything was never supposed to be like this, damned the Elders! cursed Evil-lyn.
Suddenly, there was a click with a flash of light then some groaning after which the door opened as she was just entering the chamber, Tri-klopse stood just behind her to go in with her, she rolled her eyes and he just shrugged and motioned for her to enter. He had been assigned to keep an eye on her by Skeletor, in fact they all had been acting different with her since she left them at the mercy of snake men, shaking her head she enter the room followed by him.
They had to cover their face and back out the chamber as soon as they entered, inside was a big pool of bright green poison which released toxic fumes if they had been few more seconds inside who knows what would have happened.
Already watching all this through doomseeker Skeletor arrived in just a few minutes, "Well, what do we have here?" Skeletor said more to himself than anyone else. Tri-klopse ever to be the knowledgeable, now Skeletor's new favorite answered for him. "Seems to be highly corrosive snake venom Skeletor anything flesh and blood won't last this more than a few minutes by the looks of it." Skeletor listened nodding looking at the pool then exclaimed.
"Excellent, just what we need to give our dear Eternians and He-Man our long overdue visit. They would be missing us. So Tri-klopse, I leave it in your capable hands to weaponize it." Said Skeletor gleefully. Tri-klopse hesitated then argued his concerns. " But Skeletor, I haven't set my lab yet and all my equipment over the years are gone with the few I managed to colle- " he was cut halfway by Skeletor's glowing red eyes, he moved near Tri-klopse and spat the words. "Not. My. Problem." Then patted his shoulder, his skull face in a smile. "I know you will figure something out." saying he turned away and made his way to his throne room. Tri-klopse let out a deep breath he didn't know he held. So much for being his new favorite, thought Evil-lyn. Then she patted his shoulder in mock pity saying. " Don't worry, it's just another new plan, I am sure you'll figure something out." Then walked away to the opposite side laughing mirthlessly.
